(19)
(11) EP 1 455 670 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.03.2004

(43) Date of publication:
15.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/38

(21) Application number: 02789630.7

(22) Date of filing: 13.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61B 18/18, C12M 3/00, C12N 5/02, C12N 13/00, G01N 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/036456
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/042723 (22.05.2003 Gazette 2003/21)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 14.11.2001 US 333283 P

(71) Applicant: Board of Regents, The University Of Texas System
Austin, TX 78701 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • KÄS, Josef,Univ. Leipzig Fakultat fur Physik und
    04103 Leipzig (DE)
  • RAIZEN, Mark
    Austin, TX 78746 (US)
  • MILNER, Valery
    Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 (US)
  • BETZ, Timo
    D-97638 Mellrichstadt (DE)
  • EHRLICHER, Allen
    Steamboat Springs, CO 80477 (US)

(74) Representative: Lippich, Wolfgang, Dipl.-Phys, Dr.rer.nat. et al
Patentanwalt Samson & Partner,Widenmayerstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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